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1⁄12 Stater - Kroisos
| Issuer | Kings of Lydia |
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| Year | 560 BC - 546 BC |
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| Diameter | 9 mm |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (560 BC - 546 BC) |
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Kroisos introduced the world's first true bimetallic coinage system — separate gold and electrum staters struck to a fixed ratio — replacing Lydia's earlier electrum issues whose variable gold content made honest exchange nearly impossible. This fractional gold piece circulated alongside silver equivalents as part of that reform. The mint at Sardis was overrun by Cyrus the Great in 546 BC, ending production abruptly; Herodotos records that Kroisos had consulted the Delphic Oracle before the Persian campaign, famously misreading the prophecy that a great empire would fall.